PARIS & NICOLE TRUCKIN' ON

March 14, 2004 -- Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie play dress-up one last time as they shoot an opening scene for "Simple Life 2."

The socialites-turned-reality-TV-stars have gassed up their cotton-candy pink pickup and are hitting the road for a 30-day cross-country drive from Miami Beach to Beverly Hills with no money, no credit cards, no cell phones - and no boyfriends.

They'll be towing a live-in trailer, and along the way they'll have jobs set up for them in such hot spots (emphasis on hot) as Brooksville, Fla., and Lafayette, La.

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!" -- Steve Parker